Action Plan An Action Plan is a plan for making a teaching change that will enhance your students understanding of mathematics. Describe your teaching situation Name: W. Rennie McCormick
School: Omak High School
Teaching assignment: Algebra1, Applied Math, Algebra 2
Describe your student population: The approximate number of students I face each day is 125-140, ethnicity is approx 40% native american 15% hispanic, and the rest caucasian, less than 10% of the population are ELL students (usually hispanic) Describe your teaching change What teaching change (instruction, assessment, materials) you like to improve?I plan to use Fathom to teach and reinforce statistical knowledge and to make connections in Algebra concepts. In addition I hope to create a wiki for each class I have, to use as a reflection and discussion tool. I also plan to have student do online journaling (blogging) about their progress in learning math.Explain how your teaching change will improve your students’ ability to learn mathematics.Also, describe possible ways that technology might assist you in making your teaching change. Set Teaching Goals Identify at least two teaching goals (measurable accomplishment that if met would enable your students to learn mathematics more effectively). Describe Teaching Actions Describe at least two things you are going to do as a teacher to accomplish your teaching goals.These actions may or may not use technology but if they do not use technology, explain why technology is or is not the best teaching tool for your teaching change. Assess Teaching Goals Identify how you are going to assess each of your teaching goals (simple method of collecting information to see if your teach goals was met). Timeline Outline a general timeline that identifies when you are going to use your actions, collect your assessment data Reflection Write a reflection on the results of your action plan.What was difficult?What worked well? How did your students react to the changes you made?What was the impact on student learning?
An Action Plan is a plan for making a teaching change that will enhance your students understanding of mathematics.
Describe your teaching situation
Name: W. Rennie McCormick
School: Omak High School
Teaching assignment: Algebra1, Applied Math, Algebra 2
Describe your student population: The approximate number of students I face each day is 125-140, ethnicity is approx 40% native american 15% hispanic, and the rest caucasian, less than 10% of the population are ELL students (usually hispanic)
Describe your teaching change
What teaching change (instruction, assessment, materials) you like to improve? I plan to use Fathom to teach and reinforce statistical knowledge and to make connections in Algebra concepts. In addition I hope to create a wiki for each class I have, to use as a reflection and discussion tool. I also plan to have student do online journaling (blogging) about their progress in learning math. Explain how your teaching change will improve your students’ ability to learn mathematics. Also, describe possible ways that technology might assist you in making your teaching change.
Set Teaching Goals
Identify at least two teaching goals (measurable accomplishment that if met would enable your students to learn mathematics more effectively).
Describe Teaching Actions
Describe at least two things you are going to do as a teacher to accomplish your teaching goals. These actions may or may not use technology but if they do not use technology, explain why technology is or is not the best teaching tool for your teaching change.
Assess Teaching Goals
Identify how you are going to assess each of your teaching goals (simple method of collecting information to see if your teach goals was met).
Timeline
Outline a general timeline that identifies when you are going to use your actions, collect your assessment data
Reflection
Write a reflection on the results of your action plan. What was difficult? What worked well? How did your students react to the changes you made? What was the impact on student learning?